Office of the DirectorOffice of the Director

Directorate for Social, Directorate for Social,

Behavioral & Economic Behavioral & Economic adding the date so it’s called

Social and Economic Social and Economic

SciencesSciences

Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral and Cognitive

SciencesSciences

Science Resources StatisticsScience Resources Statistics

Behavioral & Economic Behavioral & Economic

SciencesSciencesadding the date so it’s called

FY 2009 Budget Request: SBE (millions)FY 2009 Budget Request: SBE (millions)

FY 2009 Request

Change from

FY 2008 Est.

Research & Related Activities $5,593.99 $772.52 (16.0%)

Social & Economic Sciences $102.49 $7.07 (7.0%)Social & Economic Sciences $102.49 $7.07 (7.0%)

Behavioral & Cognitive Sciences $92.78 $8.15 (9.6%)

Science Resources Statistics $33.21 $3.13 (10.4%)

TOTAL, SBE $233.35 $18.35 (8.5%)

Totals may not add due to rounding.1 Funding for EPSCoR ($113.50 million) moved from EHR to R&RA’s IA Account.

ThemesThemes

� New Technologies

� Intertwinements with Natural and Life Sciences

� Centrality of Mind/Brain• Adaptive Systems Technology• Adaptive Systems Technology

� Complexity• Cyber-Enabled Discovery & Innovation

• Emergent phenomena

• Tipping points

• Links to policy

• Cultural Anthropology

• Physical Anthropology

• Archaeology

• Linguistics

• Cognitive Neuroscience

• Developmental & Learning Sciences

• Documenting Endangered Languages

• Perception, Action & Cognition

• HOMINID

• Geography & Regional Science

Disciplinary Inter-Disciplinary

Social, Behavioral & Economic SciencesSocial, Behavioral & Economic SciencesProgramsPrograms

• Social Psychology

• Economics

• Sociology

• Political Science

• Geography & Regional Science

• Environmental, Social & Behavioral Science

• Decision, Risk & Management Sciences

• Science of Science & Innovation Policy

• Innovation & Organizational Sciences

• Methodology, Measurement & Statistics

• Science & Society

• Law & Social Sciences

• Cognitive Neuroscience • NIH

• CISE

• BIO

• Dynamics of Coupled Natural

• Ecology of Infectious Disease

• Biology & Society

Funding PartnersJoint-Funded Programs

Social, Behavioral & Economic SciencesSocial, Behavioral & Economic SciencesJoint FundingJoint Funding

• Sensors

& Human Systems (CNH)• GEO

• ENG

• Nanotech & Society

• MPS

• NSF-Wide Initiatives

• Cyberinfrastructure

• Cyber-enabled Discovery

& Innovation (CDI)

• International Polar Year (IPY)

Division of Social and Economic Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)Sciences (SES)

• Supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on economic, legal, political and social systems, organizations, and institutionssystems, organizations, and institutions

• Supports research on the intellectual and social contexts that govern the development and use of science and technology

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Social and Economic Sciences Social and Economic Sciences

FY07 Program Allocations

• Cross-Directorate Activities $3.8M

• Decision, Risk, & Management Sciences $6.55M

• Economics $23.8M

• Innovation and Organizational Change $2.5M• Innovation and Organizational Change $2.5M

• Law and Social Science $4.5M

• Methodology, Measurement & Statistics $3.6M

• Political Science $8.2M

• Science and Society $7.6M

• Sociology $8.1M

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Division of Behavioral and Division of Behavioral and Cognitive SciencesCognitive Sciences

• Supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge focusing on human cognition, language, social on human cognition, language, social behavior, and culture

• Supports research on the interactions between human societies and the physical environment

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Behavioral and Cognitive SciencesBehavioral and Cognitive SciencesFY07 Program Allocations

• Archaeology & Archaeometry $6.5M

• Cultural Anthropology $3.4M

• Cognitive Neuroscience $6.3M

• Developmental & Learning Sciences $7.0M• Developmental & Learning Sciences $7.0M

• Geography & Regional Science $6.2M

• Linguistics $7.41M

• Perception, Action, & Cognition $6.3M

• Physical Anthropology $3.8M

• Social Psychology $5.7M

Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Types of SupportTypes of Support

• Standard Research Grants (Collaborative)

• Scholar’s Awards• Scholar’s Awards

• Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Small Grants for Training and Research

• Conference and Workshop Awards

• CAREER Grants

National Science Foundation